Tuesday, 29 December 2015

This is my first ever top three. First I would like to thank Jennie for inviting me to join the creative team, and for the wonderful stamps I have had the pleasure of creating with.

Looking back at past projects, and choosing three was an interesting process. Some I could easily dismiss as I no longer love them as I did when I created them (I'm sure I am not the only one that looks back at past pieces with mixed feelings), still picking three was difficult.

This tag shows the other side of how I like to create, with lots of dark/ muted colours and a good quote.

I still love all these projects, am I am very lucky to be able to say I will be taking a workshop on my Tag Box next April at The Artistic Stamper,

I would like to thank everyone for their comments on here, and on my personal blog. I hope to hear from lots more of you in the coming year. You can also find the facebook page here and please join in the monthly challenges, for a chance to win lovely stamps.

Saturday, 19 December 2015

Hello happy crafters !This is now the 3rd year that I do this exercise, and it is always a big pleasure. It is also a good opportunity to warmly thank Jennie for her kindness and the fabulous stamps she provides !

Wednesday, 16 December 2015

I do not as a whole enjoy making Christmas cards. I think my attention wanders due to the sheer number you are expected to make. Saying that I really enjoyed the messiness of this card, and the fact that it is quite non traditional, or as the other half said with a frown "that's a bit quirky" (opps! I don't think he likes this years card, but I do xxx).

It was one of those pieces where part way through, you think of putting it in the bin, but by the end you love it, its so easy to reproduce and think of all the things you could put in the light bulb (which is why it is one of my favourite stamps)
To start I stamped and cut out a mask of the large light bulb stamp, which I held down onto the card and scraped crushed grape and vibrant turquoise dylusions paint over the top.

Keeping the mask in place I stamped both the Grid and Harlequin Background stamps in the same colour paints. Then I removed the mask, and stamped the light bulb. Then I painted it with a titan buff acrylic paint. I also added a little titan buff to the background with the edge of a card.

I stamped Merry Christmas using the decay alphabet , which I went over with both black and white paint pens. I also stamped a little holly stamp in the light bulb and around the edges of the card. To finished I drew around the light bulb with the black paint pen and added some white in places with the white paint pen.

I found some silver twine and made some bows and stuck these to the lightbulbs.

I made a Gelli print using Brushed Pewter Distress Paint with a little bit of Broken China and did three or four pulls from the Gelli Plate. Once they were dry I stamped the same large snowflake with White Linen Dylusions paint over the whole of one of the sheets in a random manner, ensuring that the snowflakes weren't too dominant i wanted a subtle effect so that the one in the lightbulb would stand out.

Apologies for the lack of photos at this point - Brain was obviously not in gear

I cut the card down to a DL size and also trimmed the gelli print and then mounted it onto a piece of card, distressed the edges and mounted onto the card with 3D tape, adding the banner before sticking down.

I Added one lightbulb directly to the paper and the other one with 3D tape overlapping slightly.

Monday, 7 December 2015

Hello happy readers, this is Titbelsoeur today showing you how to easily make nice greeting cards.First, stamp your baubles, snowflakes, trees and greetings from the Christmasstamp plates on to a watercolor paper with Archival black ink. Then add watercolor in 2 steps : start with warm colors on the background of card 1 and on the baubles on card 2, let dry and then add cold colors at the opposite.Then end splashing white paint :

Cut your paper and stick each card on color paper to make your cards :

Thursday, 3 December 2015

Hi!
I do not know where time went with me over the past month, but I have been very neglectful of our challenges, and forgot completely to pick a winner of October's challenge, so I have combined 2 winners in one post!
Thank you to everyone who joined in October's challenge which was Clocks, and I have chosen this gorgeous creation by IonaBunny as the winner.

Congratulations! Please email me so I can arrange your prize.

For November's challenge, which was fabric, the winner is Sarascloset with this lovely creation.

Congratulations! Please email me so we arrange your prize.

Don't forget to join in our December Creative challenge which is Christmas and can be found here.
We look forward to seeing your creations
{hugs}
Jennie

Tuesday, 1 December 2015

It's December and the start of the festive season, and of course, what else would our challenge be except CHRISTMAS!
You can interpret it any way you like, as long as there is stamping in it.
A big thank you to everyone who joined in last month's challenge, and I will be announcing the winner of November and October's in the next couple of days.

We
are looking forward to seeing all your artwork and stamped projects
that you submit in relation to this theme. To join in with this
challenge (and you can join in as many times as you want), is simple;
all we would like you to do is, make a piece of artwork, making sure
that youinclude the theme and some rubber stamping. Pop
back here to link up using the Inklinkz at the bottom of this post, so
that we can see what you've made and then, leave us a comment to let us
know you have joined in with the challenge. As always, there will be
candy for one randomly picked entrant - the winner will receive £15
worth of The Artistic Stamper stamps of your choice. And
don't forget....if you use Artistic Stamper stamps on your entry, you
will entered into the draw, twice!!!! You can also enter as many times
as you like!

Here is a little bit of creativity for you from the Creative Team to help you get started....

Sunday, 29 November 2015

I covered a plain mini note book (7.5x10.5 CM), with fabric that I painted using stamps and Dylusions paints.

I used a sheet of adhesive backed fabric and scraped Dylusions, squeezed orange, fresh lime and vibrant turquoise paint over the top in places using a card. I really tried to scrub and push the paint into the weave, so you could still see the weave through the paint.

Then using all the same colours of paint I stamped the square wire stamp, stamping both vertically and horizontally.

I then stamped over the top, two different butterflies from the butterflies #2 plate, some of them did not stamp completely so I sketched over them with a black paint pen.

I cut the pages from the note book with a craft knife. Then recovered the cover by removing the backing from the self adhesive fabric, smoothed it in place on the front and then tucking it around the sides, before I re-glued the pages in place.